by Bethaney Wallace
With all the growing popularity of social media, it’s hardly a surprise to stop and think about all of the things it is used for. Sites like Facebook and Twitter aren’t just for making friends or keeping in touch anymore, they’re also used as a personal sales pitch. With the ability to constantly be in contact with one another and upload pictures instantly, social media has revolutionized the ability to make a sale.
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Gowalla announced last week that they integrated FourSquare and Facebook Places’ APIs into their iPhone app, making it easy for users to check into FourSquare, Gowalla, Facebook, and even Twitter all at once.
Take a Good Look in the Mirror, FourSquare
Mashable claimed that the “ball is now in FourSquare’s court”, as FourSquare could simply ban Gowalla from accessing their API. However, I believe that this is a bad idea. In order to use Gowalla’s new integration, users will still have to sign up for a FourSquare account if they want to post on FourSquare. Instead of focusing on how they can prevent this integration, FourSquare should instead take a long, hard, look on why they didn’t do it first. Maybe they thought Gowalla wasn’t even in their realm of competition. Maybe they believed that their over 4 million users would never go over to Gowalla.
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Have you ever wanted to download all your photos that you’ve posted to Facebook, due to a computer crash or upgrade (or just because)?
Facebook offers an option to download all your profile information, including all your photos, as a single zip file. This is what Facebook says about their Download Your Information service:
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Top Gainers for Oct. 14, 2010
There are lots of websites online that have a wealth of resources and information about Internet use and behavior regarding social media. One such website is InsideFacebook.com, which has a very interesting page data section. This section tracks the influence and growth of the top pages on Facebook. Currently, Texas Hold ‘Em Poker has the most fans for a single page– over 24 million.
Why would a social media marketers need to know this information? Because he can show you how someone’s popularity, influence, or online campaigns while affects their overall Facebook presence.
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What if the online world translated into a literal geographic map? Well, comic artist Randall Monroe of xkcd.com made this vision come true in his 2010 Map of Online Communities. This is an update from his 2007 Map, and a few significant changes can be seen, like the growing realm of Facebook and the introduction of Farmville.
To view the large image of the map, click on the image.
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